...的直接效果是...
Use this when you want to call out the IMMEDIATE, observable consequence of a decision, action, or event — separate from longer-term ripple effects. Common in news analysis, business reports, policy commentary. The phrase frames what follows as the first-order result, leaving room to discuss indirect effects later. The structure is essentially 'X 的直接效果是 Y,' where X is the cause and Y is the observable result.
Structure
[CAUSE] 的直接效果是 [DIRECT RESULT]
...de zhíjiē xiàoguǒ shì...
How to Think About It
直接 means 'direct' — and it's there precisely to signal that you'll talk about second-order effects later. Saying 直接效果是 X primes the listener to expect a follow-up like 'but the long-term effect is...'. Without 直接, the sentence claims X is THE effect; with 直接, you're explicitly carving up the consequences into immediate vs downstream.
Examples
这个决策的直接效果是用户增加了。
Zhège juécè de zhíjiē xiàoguǒ shì yònghù zēngjiā le.
The direct effect of this decision is that users increased.
新规定的直接效果是工作变慢了。
Xīn guīdìng de zhíjiē xiàoguǒ shì gōngzuò biàn màn le.
The direct effect of the new rule is that work slowed down.
降价的直接效果是销量上升。
Jiàngjià de zhíjiē xiàoguǒ shì xiāoliàng shàngshēng.
The direct effect of the price cut is that sales rose.
Common Mistake
Learners often write 的直接效果 with no 是 and try to fold the result into the noun phrase. The pattern needs 是 to link the cause's effect to the description of the result. Without 是, the sentence stops being a claim and becomes a fragment.
这个政策的直接效果, 价格下降。
这个政策的直接效果是价格下降。
Don't Confuse With
...的结果是...
'The result is...' — neutral, no claim about immediacy. Use 直接效果是 when you specifically want to flag the FIRST-order outcome.
...的影响是...
影响 means 'influence / impact' — broader and more diffuse than 效果. Use 影响 for ongoing or large-scale effects; 直接效果 for concrete, observable consequences.
导致...
'Leads to / causes' — verbal, more dynamic. Use 导致 to describe an active causation; 的直接效果是 to label a result as data.
Practice
这个改变的直接 ____ 是大家更努力了。
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效果
新政策的直接效果 ____ 物价上涨。
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是
Arrange: 的 / 效果 / 直接 / 这场雨 / 是 / 凉快 / 天气
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这场雨的直接效果是天气凉快。
Translate: The direct effect of this rule is that no one comes.
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这个规定的直接效果是没人来。
Describe the direct effect of one change in your life using ...的直接效果是....
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搬到大城市的直接效果是我每天通勤时间变长了。
Hear It in Real Episodes
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这个决策的直接效果是显而易见的。
The direct effect of this decision is obvious.
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